When Spring rolls around, and the snow melts, if U look in the grasses closely, you’ll see the “Mouse’s Labyrinth”.
These are the burrows, the furrows, left behind by the little fellows getting around under the snow during winter months.
I don’t know about you, but, they amaze and intrigue me.
I was out the other day and these “grassy designs were everywhere.
I decided to photograph some. I got out a big step ladder to get a more “aerial” view.
Viewing these designs from above afforded me some great shots, PLUS …
I’m hesitant to use this analogy, cause it will “age me”, “date me”, but, does anyone remember the Saturday Night Live episodes of “Father Guido Sarducci”? He had one skit about “Find the Pope in the Pizza Contest”.
These next shots reminded me of that skit.
What can you find in the designs from the mice burrows.
Here’s what I found – a Hippocampus.
Here’s 2 of the originals :
Here’s my “GIMP” ed versions : (GIMP being the free version, GNU Image Manipulation Program – roughly equivalent to Adobe’s PhotoShop)
“Find the Hippocampus in the Grasses Contest”
BSOT Ian
p.s. okay, okay, maybe I’ve got WAY TOO MUCH time on my hands. But, hell, who doesn’t these days?
me, the Dalai Lama & Jack Nicholson 